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Fluffy not eating again

Dave81

Dave81

Mama Doe
Got an appointment at 7pm as Fluffy isn't eating tonight, she's definitely not well as she's doing the usual sitting on the top tier of her cage rather than chilling out in the living room.

It's either the 4th or 5th time this year now, could times in March maybe one or 2 in May and now today.

Usually giving her gut simulation med and a pain killer gets her going again
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Poor girl :cry:

Hope she feels better soon
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Thanks Jane

Hopefully she will be fine once the meds are given, I've at least been through this with her before.

Not sure what sets it off with her just something I will have to live with. She eats loads of hay during the day
 
Hi,

I've just had exactly the same problem with my bun - trip to the vet yesterday morning - £32 lighter and now he's fine. He has these episodes quite often too and I never know what triggers them.
 
We've had the normal injections given so in a few hours I expect to see her eating again.

Vet says she felt slightly bloated, her stomach, passages etc were empty and couldn't hear much gut sound.

I've never worked out why Fluffy gets it every so often. I don't feed much veg, she has pellets and unlimited hay. I guess some are more prone to it than others?

Luckily I know her behaviors inside out so tend to catch it early.

The staff have just joked that they are going to reserve me a seat as they have seen me 5 times in the last 7 days :lol:
 
No sign of any changes in her behavior yet, I've been unable to get any critical care into her as she's too feisty. Going to set my alarm for around 1am to check up on her, she's in her cage with lots of goodies around her as tempting treats, just hoping Jezebel doesn't catch on or else she will eat it all.
 
Fluffy is more active today she still hasn't eaten much, bit of basil, small amount of dandelion mix.

Hopefully she will come round in a bit and get on with some pellets and hay
 
Dave81 said:
Fluffy is more active today she still hasn't eaten much, bit of basil, small amount of dandelion mix.

Hopefully she will come round in a bit and get on with some pellets and hay
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Any poos yet ?

She may need more medication today. Where you given any to administer ?

Also, once through this episode I would suggest the Vet tries to establish a primary cause for the recurrent problem. As treating the symptoms is not really addressing the actual cause.
 
Not seen any yet will check again when i get up, no other meds but they did say to ring up this morning with an update.

How would you investigate what the problem is given that it's sporadic
 
Dave81 said:
Not seen any yet will check again when i get up, no other meds but they did say to ring up this morning with an update.

How would you investigate what the problem is given that it's sporadic
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Could be Dental, could be urinary tract, could be chronic impaction- there are loads of possibilities but the Vet does need to look into each one individually. A process of elimination really..... no pun intended !!
 
Thanks, I've booked her in for another appointment this morning, as all she will eat at the moment is soft things like basil. I feel a dental coming on, poor girl keeps on looking at me with sad eyes, although she is much more lively than yesterday
 
Had some more injections earlier rather than admitting her, it seems to be slowly working as she is now grazing slightly at some dried foods.

Fluffy has passed a few poos too, still slightly worried for her but she appears to be on the mend

I'm focusing on getting her better first before looking for causes of the problem.
 
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